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Dancers depict the Chess game between Anatoly Sergievsky (Kenneth Pinkerton) and Freddie Trumper (Ali Floyd).

 

Edinburgh Music Theatre took to the stage last night to present the first performance of a week’s run of Chess: The Musical.

EMT will be performing the musical theatre classic, best known for the popular duet “I Know Him So Well”, at the Church Hill Theatre in Morningside until Saturday 14 March 2015.

The musical follows the story of two of the world’s greatest chess masters as they battle it out at the world chess championships, but their greatest contest is for the love of one woman. Amidst political intrigue and international conspiracies, the American and the Russian fight to win her heart in a romantic triangle that mirrors the heightened passions of the Cold War.

Reporters surround the Mayor of Merano, the scene of the first international chess championship in Chess: The Musical. L-R Hazel Beattie, Caroline Hood, Lauren Jack, Hamish McCool, David Doherty, Henrietta Linnemann.
Reporters surround the Mayor of Merano, the scene of the first international chess championship in Chess: The Musical. L-R Hazel Beattie, Caroline Hood, Lauren Jack, Hamish McCool, David Doherty, Henrietta Linnemann.

Performances of Chess will take place in the Church Hill Theatre from 10-14 March at 7:30pm, with a matinee performance on Saturday 14 March at 2:30pm. Tickets are available through the Usher Hall website and booking line 0131 228 1155.

Listing Details:
Edinburgh Music Theatre presents Chess: the Musical.
The Church Hill Theatre, Morningside Road, Edinburgh.
7:30pm (Saturday Matinee 2:30pm)
Tickets: Wed – Sat £14 (£12 conc.). Sat Matinee – all tickets £12.

Photo Captions:

All photos: Alan Potter, StagePics.co.uk

 

Dangerous and Difficult times as the American delegation scheme against the Russians in Chess the Musical
Dangerous and difficult times as the American delegation scheme against the Russians in Chess: The Musical. L-R David Doherty, Scott Kenneway, Christopher Cameron, Hazel Beattie, Katie Schoenberg.

 

Dancers surround the Arbiters as they law down the rules of Chess the Musical
Dancers surround the Arbiters as they lay down the law in Chess the Musical. L-R Lauren Stewart, Anna Deery, Jennifer Good, Eilidh Charles, Colin Richardson, Toni Liddell, Lauren Gracie, Anna Spence. (Front Row) Lauren McAnna, Sophie Cogle.

 

 

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